Johnny Carson Throws Out Audience Member

This segment was taped in approximately 1985. To put this into context, Johnny had just moved to a house in Malibu after his divorce from Joanna, his third wife. Of the 100 videos that I've put up, this site has gotten the most comments and the most "hits"! Let me explain why. Johnny was great at doing "put-ons", and doing it well, so that the next morning people would be at work around the water cooler saying, "Did you watch Carson last night? Did you see what he did? Was it real?" Johnny's genius lives on, because people are STILL saying the same things on the Internet! On this clip, Johnny smoothly started out with a premise that sounded real. But as the routine went on, people gradually picked up that it was another clever put-on that was done by actors. There were subtile hints as the routine went on: 1. Johnny usually didn't give away prizes on his show, so that was suspect. And Johnny was a private man, he didn't invite strangers to his house on the spur of the moment. 2. Recognizing an audience member for being a certain number of guest is pointless in itself -- you can expect that there will be some sort of comedy pay-off. 3. The "actors" did their jobs very well -- but, an average audience member is not usally that sharp or articulate on the spot as these "audience members" were, so you knew something was up. 4. When they got into the crazy dialogue about being raised by racoons and such, you knew this was a routine. 5. Johnny would never actually get rude with an audience member on the air and throw them out, that was all shtick. Jay, Dave and Conan all do put-ons -- but Johnny was very "cool" about it, he'd have you "hung" for a little while, he didn't force the issue into your face like other hosts might do. Thanks to all of you for viewing this clip! One more thing -- I welcome comments pro or con, but I will delete any comments with these elements in them: 1. Libel or Slander 2. Profanity 3. Name Calling 4. Spam 5. Comment completely non-relevant

Author: Muellerdon
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